06/02/2026 | Press release | Archived content
Lake Street is pleased to announce that it served as placement agent for Quantum Corporation (Nasdaq: QMCO) in its private placement of 10,615,712 shares of the Company's common stock at a price of $9.42 per share. The transaction was led by funds managed by Two Seas Capital LP and Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., with participation from several other institutional investors, generating gross proceeds of $100.0 million. The Company intends to use approximately $94.7 million of the net proceeds from the private placement to repay all of its existing term debt, and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The private placement provides Quantum with greater financial flexibility to support ongoing operations and invest in growth initiatives. The Company also plans to commission a report by a third party technology consulting firm on the importance of magnetic tape to HPC datacenters.